Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf (/iˈlæ̝p/ /moˈkizt/ [oral] [axis; axle]) is a temperate Large City located in the Gïtarejé Principality of the Nasdi.

The name Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf is derived from the Sylvin language, as Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf was founded by Tizsael, who was culturaly Gnoll.

Climate

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf has a yearly average temperature of 2°C (35°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a freezing -3°C (27°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 7°C (44°F). Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf receives an average of 254 cm/y (99 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf covers an area of nearly 196 km² (78 mi²), and an average elevation of 2526 m (8287 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf was founded durring the early 16th century in spring of the year 1506, by Tizsael. The establishment of Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Tizsael electing to pay people to resettle in Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf.

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf was built using the conventions of Gnoll durring the early 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature waddle and daub construction with good timber frames and a stone foundation protected by thatched or shingled rooves. Most buildings with second floors are built in such a way as to overhang into the streets on the upper floors for more space, as building size seems to be the primary indicator of wealth within the community. Most buildings are not decorated with any integral features, but instead use ivy, flowers, and other natural elements in planters of on trellices to breathe life into the structure they grow upon.

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf is buildings are built arround a single broad baked earthen mainstreet which forms a counterclockwise spiral to give the city a over all circular shape. The city rests behind a thin stone wall. The wall's design was likly directly copied from a castle's parmiter defences. It's simply that the arcatect made Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf's wall substancialy thinner than a castle's walls. While the towers and gatehouses are adiquite, the obvious cost savings measure of making the walls drasticaly thinner reduces their ability to resist siege weapons greatly. The city's impressive-looking wall could fail at a critical moment in battle, and would likely not even resist a few bandits with improvised siege equipment. The city's budget oriented are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the citys defences.

Right off the bat Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Somehow this city has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things. The city is very clearly a joyfull place as well as wealthy. Music can be heard often, as well as laughter. The smell of food and drink permiates the air. You can’t help but smile.

Civic Infrastructure

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf has an Office of Civil Groundskeeping, which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the construction and upkeep up of all plant life, water features, and other natural decorations within Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf's parks.

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf.

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf has a government-funded child care program, overseen by the local Department of Nursemaids, which is responsible for providing childcare to working-class citizens according to local ordinances.

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf has a Gravedigger's Guild, which is responsible for collecting the dead and laying them to rest according to all applicable laws and religious customs.

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf has a Highwayman's Guild, which is tasked with maintaining the roads and highways leading into town as well as keeping them safe for travelers.

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf has a Hall of Slayers, which is tasked with maintaining the roads and highways leading into town as well as keeping them safe for travelers.

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf has a monistary of an order of Civil Monks, who provide divine-related services to the general public and maintain Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf's public wards, blessings, and other arcane systems.

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf possesses a Galvanic Power Grid, which brings galvanic current to most if not all buildings in town, and permits a great many consumer goods to function within the Large City. Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands. They are not to be confused with the Office of Civil Groundskeeping as they do not hold authority over nor responsibility for Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf's natural decorations nor waterways.

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf has a Guild of Roadworkers, who are responsible for maintaining the roadways and public paths within town. They also have the duty of enforcing all civil laws relating to the roadways.

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf has a public schooling program overseen by the Hall of Sages who has the responsibility of ensuring access to affordable high-quality education in all basic classes (Reading, Writing, Mathmatics, General Sciences, General Arcana, and Social Education) is made available to all citizens.

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf has a public septic system, which allows its citizens to have indoor bathrooms. The septic system is overseen by the League of Sewerkeepers, who posses the legal authority to enforce all laws relating to the septic system, and are also tasked with its maintenance and upkeep.

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for its functional shapes, abstract shapes used sparingly for decor, simple color schemes, holistic design, and basic industrial materials. Its simple designs were created to be beautiful, functional, and mass-producible. The style used little to no embellishment or ornamentation, instead drawing attention to the streamlined design, such as flat roofs to create a simple, geometric look. The simplicity masks the style's nearly sinister functionality, as every last feature is designed to guide the people living in the building in how to make the most efficient use of the structure.

Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is short in Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf.

The Church Grim near Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves square dance to channel Elven High Magic energies of tier 3 via recitation of poetic epics.

Economy

The following information was obtained via the Imperial Census Bureau as part of the Eyom Economic Outreach Program. It differs from Standard Imperial censuses in that many of Tom's citizens, regardless of culture, work in more than one occupation or hold more than a single job. The Imperial Census Bureau has ruled that a job is a job, hence, the intigers within the data presented here can count an individual more than once.

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf Census Data: Year 2000

17506 of Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 918 work in Agriculture
• 4011 work as Craftsmen
• 1393 work as Merchants
• 2708 work as Service Workers
• 1788 work as General Laborers
• 722 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2522 work as Civil Servants
• 1561 work in Cottage Industries
• 948 work as Artists
• 935 work in Produce Industries

25052 of Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 3700 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf was unknowingly built atop something unstable, and now that substrate is crumbling. It may be swampy ground or a decaying coastline, or it could be an ancient buried city that’s now giving way. In the case of some antique habitation, the denizens that once lived there might be boiling upward as their home is collapsing, or new opportunities may be revealed even as the community’s present structure is ruined.

Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf has a substantial mill pond located a short distance from town.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf was attacked by savage tribes living nearby Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf lost 143 people, 353 livestock, and 23 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 219, when members of Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf's militia enacted an operation to gain control of a particular vault. The operation was complicated by a natural disaster interrupted the operation, shattering unit cohesion. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in a stalemate for Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Vávotä-mokizt Xluwuf's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History